Support for service-pipe cocks



I UNITED STATES' ATENTI OFFICE.4

FRANK W'. ALLISON, OF SALEM, OHIO.

SUPPORT Fon SERvlcE-PIPE CocKs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,011, dated September 9, 1890.

Application tiled May 2l, 1889. Serial No. 311,604. (No model.) Y'

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. ALLIsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, haveinventedcertainnewandusefulImprovements in Supports for Service-Pipe Cocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to supports for service-pipe cocks, and has for its object the production of a simple, cheap, and durable device adapted to support such cocks and also to eectually hold them in position in the center of a street box or casing when used in connection with such box or casing.

Street-boxes are usually .made of cast metal about three or four feet long, tubular in form, open at both ends, and provided at their lower ends with vertical slots diametrically opposite each other and intended to receive the tail-stocks of the stop-cocks, so that the two sides of the box or casing will Vstraddle said tail-stocks and pin them down into the earth, thus preventing them from rising; but obviously this arrangement does not prevent the cocks and pipes from settling to such an extent as to weaken the couplings, subject them to a severe strain each time the valve is opened or closed, and make it difficult to locate the T on which the key must be placed in order to turn water or gas on or off.

My invention is designed to remedy these defects, and will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 an inverted plan view, of the same. Fig. 4. is a frontelevation of the device applied to a street-box and having seated therein an ordinary pipe-cock, and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the same having service` pipes coupled to the cock and a spindle-key in engagement with same.

Reference being had to the drawings and the' letters thereon, A indicates the body of.

the support, preferably made of cast metal, elliptical in form and with tapering sides B.

In the top of the support and parallel with otherwise prevent the latter from resting snugly in the bottom f the groove C. Groove C is enlarged slightly, as at a a, to enable the enlarged portion of a stop-cock in which the valve-plug is confined to pass when seatinga cock in the support.

In one side of the support A is formed a smaller groove l), running to about the center thereof and cutting the side of support A in a direction at right angles to groove C, into which it opens. This groove b is intended to receive a small drain-pipe, which frequently projects from the side of stop-cocks to drain the pipe after the valve has been turned.

E indicates achannel formed in the periphery of the support A immediately below the small groove b for the purpose of carrying off the drip. Y

This being substantially the configuration of the support, its application and operation are as follows: If used in connection with a street-box, the cock is seated firmly in the support, the pipes coupled thereto, and the box or casing lowered until the open'end thereof engages with the tapering outer sides of the support, which will then act as a wedge and serve to make an effective joining of the support andthe casing, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. IVhen thus inclosed, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, it is obvious that the valve may be controlled from the sidewalkby a key Without liability of wrenching the couplings loose by twisting the cock. It is also evident that my support may be used as effectually for surface as underground pipes. In this case, however, they should be cast longer and should be pointed on the lower end in order to secure them in the ground.

Street-boxes are generally elliptical in form, and I have illustrated and described my inventionwith reference to this fact; but I do not confine myself to this style, for the support can be made with any external configu- IOO having a groove through it, the sides of which engage with the sides of the stop-cock and ex- 15 tend up to about the median line of the cock, and a vertical channel for conducting waste Water from the cock, in combination with a street-service box in which the support is secured, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

uFRANK W. ALLISON. Vitnesses:

NELLIE A. MILLER, XV. B. SMITH. 

